Joe Ortona re-elected EMSB Chair; candidates sweep all 10 seats

Voters within the territory of the English Montreal School Board have cast their ballots for the choice of chair and commissioner in 10 wards. There was an approximate 22 percent voter turnout. Joe Ortona was re-elected chair while his candidates swept all 10 seats.  

Here are the results:

Chair: 

Katherine Korakakis, Team Katherine Korakakis  4,674

Joe Ortona, Team Joe Ortona 13,289

Ward 1 

Ahuntsic-Cartierville–Montréal-Nord   

Franco Mazzariello, Team Katherine Korakakis  425

Susan Perera , Team Joe Ortona  916

Ward 2   

Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce 

Chelsea Craig,  Team Joe Ortona 1,039

Howie Silbiger, Team Katherine Korakakis 631

Ward 3   

Côte-Saint-Luc. Montreal West, Hampstead 

Samara Perez, Team Katherine Korakakis   1,110

Paola Samuel, Team Joe Ortona   1,607

Ward 4   

Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve–Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie–Plateau-Mont-Royal–Anjou–Montreal-Est 

Maria Corsi, Team Joe Ortona    1,121

Viktoriya Grosko, Team Katherine Korakakis    333

Ward 5   

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

Joseph Lalla, Team Katherine Korakakis    853

Sharon Nelson, Team Joe Ortona   1,132

Ward 6  

Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles 

Tony Aversano, Team Katherine Korakakis  340

Pietro Mercuri, Team Joe Ortona  2,248

Ward 7  

Saint-Laurent 

James Kromida, Team Joe Ortona  974

Vicky Pololos, Team Katherine Korakakis  471

Ward 8   

Saint-Léonard 

Mario Pietrangelo,  Team Joe Ortona    1,681

Antonio Zaruso,  Team Katherine Korakakis  521

Ward 9   

Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension–Mont-Royal–Outremont 

Joanne Charron, Team Katherine Korakakis 310

Paula Kilian,  Team Joe Ortona  938

Ward 10   

Westmount–Sud-Ouest–Ville-Marie 

Shalani Bel, Team Katherine Korakakis     752

Julien Feldman, Team Joe Ortona  1,243

About the English Montreal School Board

With a youth and adult sector population of more than 35,000 students, the English Montreal School Board (EMSB) is the largest English public school board in Quebec. Established on July 1, 1998, when the province created new boards along linguistic lines, the EMSB network consists of 73 schools and centres. For more details, visit the EMSB website at www.emsb.qc.ca.